Lenovo has the glory of releasing the primary SteamOS handhelds not made by Valve, and it appears such as you received't have to attend lengthy to get them. Legion Go S handhelds with SteamOS ship Could 25, in line with a brand new Greatest Purchase itemizing noticed by The Verge, however go for at the very least $50 greater than the unique $499.99 value Lenovo promised.
The Legion Go S powered by SteamOS now begins at $549.99, which will get you an 8-inch, 120Hz OLED show, snug controls, a fingerprint reader / touchpad, 16GB of RAM and the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chip. If you happen to're prepared to pay $749.99, you will get the identical bundle, however with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive, which initially appeared on the Legion Go, and 32GB of RAM.
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Maybe extra essential than the specs, each handhelds come pre-loaded with SteamOS, which suggests they need to be as simple to setup and use because the Steam Deck, and have the ability to play the overwhelming majority of video games due to Valve's Proton compatibility software program.
Lenovo already launched its first Home windows 11 model of the Legion Go S again in February for $730. We discovered it costly and a bit hampered by Home windows in our evaluation, however in any other case strong. On the time, a SteamOS model for $500 appeared like a promising various. However for $50 further, a few of that shine has come off, notably when you will get the already glorious Steam Deck OLED for a similar value.
It'll take a full evaluation to suss out how completely different SteamOS makes the Legion Go S, whether or not paired with the Ryzen Z2 Go or the extra highly effective Ryzen Z1 Excessive. On the very least, it's good to have extra SteamOS gadgets within the wild.
The Legion Go S powered by SteamOS is on the market to pre-order now for $549.99, and can ship on Could 25. The Ryzen Z1 Excessive mannequin ships on the identical date for $749.99. Lenovo can also be providing a model of the Ryzen Z1 Excessive Legion Go S with Home windows 11 for $829.99, too.
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